Study Confirms That, Yep, Men Are More Forgetful

He forgot to pick up what you asked for from the grocery store again? There might be a scientific reason for that.

A huge Norwegian study that tested the memory skills of 48,000 people  both men and women  has found a significant difference between the genders in their capacity to remember things. Specifically, that men have poorer memory skills than women (via U.S. News & World Report). The study also discovered that men were basically the same level of forgetful from age 30 to 60. Only past 60 did age seem to become a factor in memory loss. In other words: That annoying thing you already knew has been scientifically proven.

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